Upholstered furniture.



PATENTED MAR. 3, 1908.

H. J. JACOBS.

UPHOLSTBRED FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5. 1907 UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

HENRY J. JACOBS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO BUFFALO LOUNGE COMPANY, OF

, BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE.

Application filed November 5.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY J. JAooBs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Upholstered Furniture, ofy which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to furniture, such as couches, in which the u holstered tops or pads'are made with a reillike formatlon, commonly called 'a rolledge, alo one or more of their edges. Such a roll-e ge is ordinarily made bysewing or otherwise suitably joining together the` top and bottom coverings of the pad so as parallel with its edge and separate the filling for the roll Afrom the main body of the filling of the pad. The roll being at the edge of the 'ad is subjected to severe wear and strain in t e use'of the furniture and much difiiculty has been experienced in making Vthe joint or seam between the roll edge and the main body of the pad so that it will remain straight and retain the'roll-edge in the'original form and at the same time not compllcate the construction of the top or pad and unduly increase the cost of manufacture of with the covering and filling the same.

The primary object of this invention is t so construct a roll-edge upholstered top or pad that it can be manufactured expeditiously and inexpensively, and so that the joint between the roll-edge and main body ofthe pad will be strong and remain straight and intact so as t o preserve indefinite] the original form and condition of the pa To this end the top and bottom coverings of the ypad are made and joined between the roll-edge and main body'of the pad in the novel manner hlereinafter described and set forth in -the c aims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a couchtop or pad embodying the invention, and a portion of the apparatus for making the same, Figure 1 isa broken sectional perspective view' of the apparatus material for the pad in place therein ready to be compressed. Fi .2 1s a fragmentarycrosssection, on an enlarged scale, thereof. Fig. 3 is a similar cove s secured together. Fig; 4 is aseotion st' vfurther enlarged of the seam por- `tion of the partially completed pad shown in Specification of Letters` Patent.

Patented March- 3, 1908.

1907. smal No. 400.854.

Fig. 3. 5 isa cross-section of the completed top or pad applied to the spring bottom of a couch. Fig. 6 isa cross-section, on an enlarged scale, of one side of the completed top or pad. Fig. 7 is a cross-section of a portion of the top colver'ing-for the pad.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

the up olstered pad, the bottom covering or backing thereof, C the main body of the filling or stuffing, and D the roll edges.

In making t e pad, the to'p and bottom coverings are first provided at the side or sides thereof at which the roll-'edge is to be made, with wire'welts which extend parallel with the edge of the coverings some distance inwardly therefrom.

e'e represent the ing, and f f those for the bottom covering or backing. The bottom covering .preferably has only the two wire welts f f and is made of a sin le iece of canvas, or other suitable A represents the to covering or facing of i." I

welts for the top covermateria t e material being folded and sewed to form suitable pockets thereininto which wires are inserted to make the welts. It is only necessary for the top covering to have the two lwire welts e. e", and this cover- -mg too could be made of a single piece of leather, or other covering luateriah but it preferably has two finished corded welts. q g 1n addition to the wire-attaching welts eA e and is therefore most conveniently made of a central and two side pieces of material. The i wires in the welts e a are-inserted in pockets,

formed at the opposite edges of the central piece, andthe corded welts g g are made atl the inner edges of the sidepiecesof the cover.

vThe central and side pieces of the covering are then stitched togetherbetween the "Wire and-cord welts,.see-Fig. 7, which shows the welts at one side of the covering..

ide pieces or bars' l are then placed in posi-v as described, is l placed VThe pad is preferably formed in an' appation with' their thinlower edges bearing on the ycovering just inside of the welts and are secured by suitable 'means (not shown) f to 'hold the covering in-place. has corner posts 'i -provlded'wlth vert1cal The tableishown guide grooves. for the side bars I, a plurality guide grooves being preferably provided t'om frame by suita in each side bar to enable the side bars to be laced at different distances apart for makmg tops of different widths. The llingor stuffing material C for the main body of the top is then placed o n the top covering between the side-bars I and the bottom Ycovering B laid on the filling with its outer or bottom side up, as shown in Fig. 1. The table is then moved beneath the lunger of a press and the filling com ressed etween the side bars I, as usual. hile'the pad material is still` heldin the press the side bars I are removed, the side liaps or portions Vof the bottom covering thrown back, as shown in Fig. 3, and the two wire welts e and e f at each side of the pad sewed toget er by a thread 7c, Fig. 4, passing around the two welts. When the coverings are thus, joined at opposite sides, the pad is removed from the press and the filling for-the roll edges D secured in place on t e flaps or side portionsof the bottom covering outside of the connected welts. Preferably the filling for the roll -vedge is stuffed in an inner wrapper l before it is applied to.the pad, and the Wrapper then sewed to the Hap of the bottom cover, las indicated at l', Fig. 5. The pad as thus far completed is then placed in position-on. the spring bottoni M of the couch and the side flaps of the bottom covering drawn down and secured to the frame of the spring bottom by tacks or other suitable fastenings m, after which the side flaps of the to covering are drawn down tightly over the ling rolls and secured to the bottom covering) and to the spring botle fastenings, such, for instance, as buttons n and tacks n.

The ends of the padare 4finished in any usual or suitable manner, which forms no part of this invention. i In the pad constructed as above described, its top and bottomcoverings are joined between the roll edges and main body of the pad by wire reinforced welts which are -sewed together and form a stiff and very strong seam or connection, which enables the coverlngs to be stretched taut without danger of dlstortlng or pulling out of shape the seam or crease between the roll-edge and mainbody of the pad. '.lhe seam is stiff and will remain straight and retain this form of the roll-edge.

` The kpad can nevertheless be made more quic y and. cheaply than by the old methods in which the wire welts are not employed. It will be observed that the wire welts are inclosed between the pad coverings and hidden from view. The cord welts g g are employedsimply to give a finished a pearance to the pad, but these could e omitted in so far as the strength of the conj nection for the pad coverings is concerned.

I claim as my invention:

1. A top or ad for upholstered furniture comprising fillling material, and. top and t two welts ateach side of the coverings being secured together, a spring bottom on secured, whereby a` roll-edge is formed on the pad, substantially as set forth.

2. A top or pad for upholstered furniture comprisingfilling material,top and bottom coverings therefor each provided on its inner face with a` stiff Welt substantially parallel with one edge of the covering, said welts filling, and an incased filling roll arranged between the edge portions of said coverings, said edge portions of said coverings being secured around said filling roll, substantially Aas set forth..

A3. A tpp or pad for upholstered furniture comprising filhng material, and top and bottom coverings therefor each provided on its inner face with a stiff welt substantially parallel with one edge-of the covering, said being secured together at one edge of the welts being secured together between portions of the pad filling, the edges of said coverings adjacent to said welts being secured, whereby a roll edge is formed on the ad, and said top covering having also a finis ing welt on its outer face` adjacent to its stifi` welt, substantially as set forth.

4. A top or pad for upholsteredfurniture comprising iiilmg material, and top and bottom coverings therefor, said to covering consisting of separate pieces sewe together,

one of said pieces having a wire welt on the inner face of the covering and the other piece a finishing welt on the outer face of the covering adjacent to the seam joining said pieces, and said bottom covering having a wire welt on itsjnner face, said wire welts of the top and bottom'coverings being sewed together, and the ed es of said coverings adjacent to said welts e' secured to confine the ed e portion of the ing material, substantily as set forth.

5. The combination of a pad comprising filling material, top and bottonicoverings therefor, each provided on its inner face near opposite edges thereof with wire welts, the

whic said pad rests and to which the opposite edges of said coverings are secured, and incased fiiling'rolls inclosed between the edge portions of said coverings, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand, this 31st day of O ctc- Y ber, 1907.

HENRY J. JACOBS. 

